{"id":12618,"date":"2017-03-01T04:50:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=12618"},"modified":"2017-03-08T18:29:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T23:29:01","slug":"dui-bill-passes-state-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2017\/03\/01\/dui-bill-passes-state-house\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI Bill Passes State House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12619\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2017\/03\/01\/dui-bill-passes-state-house\/dui-gavel-keys\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DUI-Gavel-Keys.jpg?fit=500%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,394\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DUI &amp;#8211; Gavel &amp;#038; Keys\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DUI-Gavel-Keys.jpg?fit=500%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DUI-Gavel-Keys.jpg?resize=300%2C236\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DUI-Gavel-Keys.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DUI-Gavel-Keys.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nKentuckians would be limited to just one first-offense DUI conviction in their lifetime under a bill that has cleared the State House of Representatives.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Penalties for DUI in Kentucky escalate with each subsequent conviction. But if someone has two DUI convictions more than 10 years apart, both are treated as a &#8220;first offense,&#8221; which carries no jail time.<\/p>\n<p>House Bill 261 would not allow people to be charged with a second first-offense DUI, no matter how much time has passed. Lawmakers amended the bill on Tuesday (2\/28) so that first-offense DUI convictions would be sealed after 10 years and would not show up on background checks. The law also would not apply retroactively.<\/p>\n<p>House lawmakers approved the bill 94-0. It now heads to the State Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentuckians would be limited to just one first-offense DUI conviction in their lifetime under a bill that has cleared the State House of Representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51,59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main-news","7":"category-news","8":"entry","9":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-3hw","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 16:41:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12620,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618\/revisions\/12620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}